Rengarajan007 says

How far algae fuel fetch results developing country like India ???

Rengarajan007 says

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Algalsolution posted Rapeseed, Jatropha, Palm - Oil0

We have just sold every litre of oil that we can produce, and are looking for a further 30,000 MT of Rapeseed, Jatropha or Palm OIL per month. more

RobertTulip posted Climate Apocalypse0

This talk by Dan Miller presents compelling evidence for the looming climate apocalypse. We are on a path to global catastrophe. In talking about a crisis of Biblical scale, Miller gives ... more

RobertTulip posted Potential for algae to transform the world economy1

Potential for algae to transform the world economyRobert Tulip1. The world economy relies on the movement of carbon from the earth’s crust into the atmosphere as its main source of energy. ... more

Algalsolution commented on Materials needed to build a PBR7

Hi Paulo, We beleive that we have the most cost effective bioreactor, and are prepared to share our knowledge on signature of a non disclosure agreement. more

Algalsolution commented on QUESTION3

Fossil fuel has not run out yet. When it begins to we will see panic, hardship and more wars. Why not prepare pre-emptively. more

Manohar commented on Massive algae-powered airship moves to NASA?s Ames Research Center1

WOW more

Manohar commented on Final Showdown; modern bioreactor vs. open ditches, raceways,etc.1

Alan ! Well said. There is no arguement left for open raceway ponds model anymore. More than the cost, the foot print draws my attention, although there is a huge diff ... more

Manohar posted Prof S Elumalai of Presidency college get DRDO nod for algae biofuel research3

Prof S. Elumalai has been a serious researcher on algae from bio fuel. It is heartening to note that my city Chennai is now getting big time in the oil ... more

Manohar commented on Algae and human waste to run cars in New York !!?4

This is something similar to what is being tried in California."An algae-based wastewater treatment project is planned to be started in May, at Laguna wastewater treatment plant in the city ... more

Manohar commented on An Important Algae Biofuel Happening in India2

Good to know that India too is joining the algae biofuel race. There is an urgent need for a number of private companies to team up with the best of ... more

Manohar commented on Algae biofuel costing - Questionable ?!?72

Vertigro is an interesting concept, to have tall pbrs like the one's Alan designs, next to a coal plant to consume the CO2 and grow algae  24 hours. IN once ... more

Manohar posted WHEN WHATand WHERE1

World Health Energy Holdings, Inc. gets a ticker symbol of WHEN  , a public holding company operating in the alternative energy sector. That is a terrific symbol to get. WHAT's ... more

Manohar posted What Happens After November 2nd?0

I am copying a mail from Riggs of Origin Oil. " If you're in the USA, you know there's widespread speculation that the Republicans will take back ground tomorrow in the House, Senate and in ... more

Algalsolution posted Closed Bioreactors2

Cultivating local wild algae would be ideal for biofuel if they could produce sufficient percentages of lipid oil, unfortunately they can't. Algae cannot be cultivated in open ponds because of ... more

Manohar posted US Navy Demos Algae-Fueled Boat0

.In a move the service says is part of its strategy to float a ?Green Fleet? by 2016, the US Navy demoed for media today a boat that runs ? ... more

Manohar posted Royal Society gives ?250,000 for an innovation in algae biofuel1

A bubble-maker that looks like the flux capacitor from the Back to the Future films last night won a ?250,000 prize from the Royal Society for its ability to transform ... more

Manohar posted Algae fuel startups ! 15 of them !2

About two and a half years ago, Katie Fehrenbacher made a list of Algae fuel companies that one should know.The companies listed were GreenFuel Technologies: Solazyme, Blue Marble Energy, Inventure ... more

Manohar says

Saline aquifers will provide cheap source of water but how will evaporated water be replaced and how will changing water chemistry affect yields?

Manohar says

Compared to a normal plant, which grows vertically, an algae grows 360 degrees. So does it grow 360 times that of an average plant ??

RobertTulip posted Offshore Membrane for Growing Algae (NASA OMEGA Project)0

Info on NASA Omega: http://lunarscience.arc.nasa.gov/articles/omega OFFSHORE MEMBRANE ENCLOSURE FOR GROWING ALGAE (OMEGA)NLSI talks with Jonathan Trent about the OMEGA project as it relates to NASA and the moonPicture of lipids from Botryococcus ... more

RobertTulip posted Does Expanding Biofuel Production Make Sense?1

New World Bank Research Paper The expansion makes sense in some, but not all, cases, according to a new working paper by Govinda Timilsina and Ashish Shrestha of the World Bank. ... more

RobertTulip says

new comment on algae China draft paper http://www.oilgae.com/club/users/RobertTulip/blogs/479

RobertTulip says

Adam Smith and Economies of Scale Blog Post http://www.oilgae.com/club/users/RobertTulip/blogs/661

RobertTulip posted Adam Smith and Economies of Scale for Algae Production5

Action at the individual level will not stop global warming. Only large scale intervention with economies of scale will have real impact. A good explanation of why this is so ... more

Algalsolution posted Acceleration to a biofuel economy1

Algae is the answer it is just a question of the most cost effective system. We are working predominantly in this diretion.From our extensive research we have arrived at these ... more

Algalsolution commented on Water requirement for biofuels3

Algae need water and Nitrogen (amongst other things)and the simple answer to both is URINE. more

RobertTulip says

We need to churn the ocean on large scale to regulate the planetary carbon cycle. Ocean-based algae production can repair the balance of nature and drive atmospheric CO2 down towards the historic norm below 300 ppm.

RobertTulip commented on Death of Marine Algae7

We need to churn the ocean on large scale to regulate the planetary carbon cycle. Ocean-based algae production can repair the balance of nature and drive atmospheric CO2 down ... more

RobertTulip posted What can we realistically expect re global warming5

From http://www.bautforum.com/showthread.php/106405-What-can-we-realistically-expect-re-global-warming?p=1774441#post1774441 OP question: "Given that there is no prospect of a political settlement over global warming, can we expect civilisation to end by 2100? Will science find a way to ... more

RobertTulip commented on GM crops found beyond the farm !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!9

It should be possible to develop high yielding strains of algae without genetic engineering. Division of a pond into, say, ten parallel tracks and use of the best strain ... more

RobertTulip commented on Death of Marine Algae7

Information including NASA maps on ocean deserts is available at http://images.suite101.com/328567_com_globe2.jpg and http://environmentalism.suite101.com/article.cfm/ocean_desert_areas_are_escalating. more

RobertTulip says

Aurora Biofuels Shares on Pathway to Large Scale Algal Biofuel Production at 3rd Algae World Asia in Singapore August 3rd, 2010 http://www.futureenergyevents.com/algae/

RobertTulip commented on Gene Modified Algae are Safe?21

Might the 'suicide gene' simply be the requirement for an extremely high concentration of CO2, not found in nature? Modified algae that thrives in a high CO2 environment, rapidly ... more